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How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool
How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool

How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool

ARCHITECTURE

328 Pages, 8.5 x 10

Formats: Cloth

Cloth, $45.00 (US $45.00) (CA $54.00)

Publication Date: August 2016

ISBN 9780993389214

Rights: US & CA

Filbert Press (Aug 2016)

Price: $45.00
 
 

Overview

Tried-and-trusted advice on a feature that is increasingly in demand among aspirational, eco-minded gardeners and designers

Natural swimming pools are the biggest news for gardeners since green roofs. The water is cleaned by aquatic plants instead of chlorine so it is gentle on the eyes and healthy for swimmers. These self-cleaning ecosystems are beautiful to look at and provide a valuable water source for dragonflies, honeybees and other beneficial insects. Wolfram Kircher has researched extensively into the low-nutrientdependent plants that are needed for the surrounds of natural swimming pools and the high-nutrient dependent plants that are required for the regeneration zone. In the book he demonstrates how to maintain the nutrient level in perfect balance to keep down the algae down and water sparkling. The authors have installed pools for decades and trialled different systems and plants to come up with the best possible designs.

Author Biography

Wolfram Kircher is a leading international expert on natural swimming pools and teaches plant ecology at the University of Applied Sciences at Bernburg, Germany. Andreas Thon is an irrigation and water purification consultant and landscape architect who has built many natural swimming pools. Noel Kingsbury is the author of Gardens by Design and The Glory of the Tree.

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